Harris Ranch is an oasis for hungry travelers in the middle of California’s Central Valley. The beautiful Spanish-style buildings with terra cotta roofs and palm trees make it look more like a resort ...

Native to Mexico and Central America, poinsettias have become America’s top-selling holiday plant. Though spectacular in ...

Technically, the coconut is not a true nut. Although kukui nut is edible, it can create serious stomach issues when too many ...

Plants help mitigate the effects of climate change in air and water by removing pollutants and sequestering carbon.

The belief that poinsettias are poisonous is just one of many myths and misconceptions about this most popular of holiday ...

The Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could ...

I bought a hibiscus this past spring and have really enjoyed it. Did I misunderstand the salesperson who told me to plant it in the garden? For now, I am keeping it in my unheated garage, but I wonder ...

I live in a neighborhood whose original houses were built 75 years ago. Those homes are modest single-story bungalows on 6,500-square-foot lots. However, as is the case in many Los Angeles ...

California runs a third of its grid on gas; retiring gas plants and scaling battery storage would cut pollution in frontline communities and lower bills. Randall Benton Sacramento Bee file ...

Nov 10 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on Monday it has opened a new 10,000-square-foot factory in Carlsbad, California, to make cancer treatments, as part of its pledge to invest billions ...